Another Camo from Bill

[Luftm40]

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[Ty Smith]

Funny how obvious untouched originals look. The real ones just scream at you. Great examples guys.

[Ken B.]

I think you guys need to stop showing off

Both of those patterns are simply irresistable.

[Ken B.]

No really:

Smoke if you got em'
Great lids guys. Keep em comin'

[bodes]

Defintely untouched. nothing dug there in my opinion. Stunning example I think.

I agree with Ty, there's definitely enough natural color/aging around the decals to realize they are NOT artificially exposed...Very Nice Untouched DD Cammo...Thanks for sharing it...Real Looker

[JustinS]

Man, nice lids guys! Thanks for sharing!

[WalterB]

You can also "unblotten" them with the use of aceton/paintstripper

BUt indeed a very nice helmet

Baloney! That is a great, untouched helmet. Congratulations and thanks for showing it.

[britpc]

The decals....The edges aren't crisp so they don't look like they were masked off. How were they exposed? Do you think that the helmet was painted and then he gave them a wipe over with a rag. Or do you think it was done another way?

irv

[ccmax]

In the scratch running accross the red field in the tricolor shield, there appears to be a trace of the light green paint used to camo the helmet. Wouldn't this indicate that the decal in the photo has been exposed?

[KoCook]

In the scratch running accross the red field in the tricolor shield, there appears to be a trace of the light green paint used to camo the helmet. Wouldn't this indicate that the decal in the photo has been exposed?

I'd bet the decal was completely covered by the paint at one time, you can
see traces of green over the whole thing. I would still love to have this helmet,
the colors are combined in a unbelievable way.

[ROBB]

nice helmets i think bills lid had its decals wiped soon after they were sprayed thats why there are traces of paint in the scratches rob

[arjan]

Baloney! That is a great, untouched helmet. Congratulations and thanks for showing it.

Sorry I still think the national shield was covered with paint till some point of time.
You can clearly see the painter sprayed around the eagle within a certain border, not to overspray the eagle by accident. This wasn't done with the nationalshield, so I believe this one was painted over. Seems logical regarding regulations.
So then the decal is uncovered at some time:
Because the use of stencils, it is highly likely the painter, painted several helmets. It it might be possible that the owner of the helmet didn't liked the painting over the shield so he whiped it off. The other possibility is the removal of the paint by a chemical done a long time ago because of the coloring of the shield.

I tend to believe in the first story?? but just wanted to point out that using paintweakening chemicals I can come up with the same result of "bottering" looked paint, except that the decal isn't colored this nice.

And for the ones who forgot my opinion about the helmet.
seems to be High end camo season, strange because I don't believe I have such a season, seems to be winter here all the time

Arjan

[Matt M]

Bill and Andy
Nice helmets, thanks for posting them.

Matt

Sorry I still think the national shield was covered with paint till some point of time.
You can clearly see the painter sprayed around the eagle within a certain border, not to overspray the eagle by accident. This wasn't done with the nationalshield, so I believe this one was painted over. Seems logical regarding regulations.
So then the decal is uncovered at some time:
Because the use of stencils, it is highly likely the painter, painted several helmets. It it might be possible that the owner of the helmet didn't liked the painting over the shield so he whiped it off. The other possibility is the removal of the paint by a chemical done a long time ago because of the coloring of the shield.

I tend to believe in the first story?? but just wanted to point out that using paintweakening chemicals I can come up with the same result of "bottering" looked paint, except that the decal isn't colored this nice.

And for the ones who forgot my opinion about the helmet.
seems to be High end camo season, strange because I don't believe I have such a season, seems to be winter here all the time

Arjan

[TONY Q.W.]

Hello All,

Being an oil painter (have finished School of Fine Arts) as a hobby, I can say with great confidence that these decals have not in any way been exposed.
My opinion for what is worth.

Best Regards,
Tony

In the scratch running accross the red field in the tricolor shield, there appears to be a trace of the light green paint used to camo the helmet. Wouldn't this indicate that the decal in the photo has been exposed?

[darryl-P]

I've been following this thread and the discussion about these decals with great interest. It is also blatantly obvious to me that these two Luft camo helmet decals have not been "dug out". Collectors with experience can readily see that the patina on the national colours is old and original and the paint overspray pattern is consistent with how these normally appear.